Halloween Charades

Sweet Pea is 8 years old.

From: I was looking for some activities for Sweet Pea’s classroom Halloween party and got the idea for a game of Halloween themed charades from EasyPartyIdeasAndGames.com.  Since we were going to be playing with beginning readers (1st, 2nd and 3rd graders), I wanted to make Halloween word cards that included pictures.

Material:

• Timer (I just use the timer on my iPhone).
• Scissors (or make your life easier and use a paper cutter).
• My Halloween Picture Cards

• A group of willing charades players.

Procedure:

• Print the Halloween Picture Cards and laminate if desired.
• Cut the pages into cards.

• Decide if you will be playing with teams (more competitive) or as a big group (more laid back).
  • One Group Rules (without keeping score)
    • Pick a person to keep track of time.
    • Pick a player to start.  Without looking that player selects a card.
    • The timer should start the timer for 2 minutes.
    • The player stands in front of the group and tries to act out the word on the card without making any noise.
    • The rest of the group tries to guess what word was on the card.
    • The first person who correctly guesses the word becomes the next player.
    • If time runs out without anyone guessing, they reveal the answer and randomly select another person to be the next player.
  • Team Rules (with scoring)
    • Split the group evenly into two teams.
    • One person from the first team selects a card and tries to act out the word or phrase without making any noise.
    • The rest of the players on the first team remain quiet while all the players on the second team try to guess the answer.
    • If someone from the second team guesses correctly before time runs out, then that team gets a point.  If no one guesses, then the correct answer is revealed and no one gets a point.
    • It is now someone on the second teams turn to select a card and act it out while the first team tries to guess.
    • Repeat until everyone has had a chance to act out a card and the teams have had an even number of turns.
    • The team with the most points wins.

Observations:  I figured other people might want to use the cards so I am publishing this before we actually play charades.   We will be playing with the non-competitive “one group rules”.  I will update the post and let you know how it went sometime after Halloween.  🙂